Electric Fence Alert Assembly Wireless Fault Notification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electric fence alert devices lack efficient and immediate notification mechanisms for faults, particularly in wireless communication and automatic response capabilities, which can lead to delayed detection and potential livestock escape.
Innovation Solution
A control box mounted on the electric fence post with a signal analyzer and transceiver for wireless communication with personal devices, broadcasting alerts when a fault is detected, ensuring timely user notification and potential prevention of livestock escape.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional alert devices use audible alerts only, then the device complexity is low, but the notification effectiveness and user response time are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple alert mechanisms (audible alarm, visual LED indicators, and wireless communication capabilities) into a single fence alert device. This merging of different notification methods enhances reliability by providing multiple channels for alerting users, while the integrated design manages complexity through unified system architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The alert device is designed to perform multiple functions: local audible alerting, visual indication, wireless communication with remote devices, and fault detection. This multi-functionality ensures reliable notification across various scenarios and user preferences, addressing the limitation of single-mode alerting systems.
2Loss of time
If the alert device uses wireless communication with personal electronic devices, then the user response time improves, but the device complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication system operates in a periodic or event-driven manner rather than continuously. The transceiver activates to send alert signals only when faults are detected, and can receive status updates at scheduled intervals. This periodic operation reduces energy consumption compared to continuous wireless communication, while still achieving rapid user notification when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically detects faults and initiates alert transmissions without requiring continuous user interaction or manual activation. The microprocessor monitors fence conditions and autonomously triggers wireless alerts, reducing the need for constant power-intensive active monitoring while maintaining rapid response capability.
3Measurement precision
If the signal analyzer continuously monitors the electric fence, then the fault detection precision improves, but the energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The signal analyzer maintains continuous monitoring of the electric fence to ensure high fault detection precision, as the useful action (fault detection) must continue without interruption to protect livestock effectively. The system sustains this continuous operation by drawing power from the fence's existing power supply, converting some of the fence's operational energy to support monitoring functions.
Solution Approach 2:
The signal analyzer continuously receives feedback signals from the fence wire and ground rod, analyzing voltage, current, and impedance variations to detect faults with high precision. This feedback mechanism enables real-time monitoring while the microprocessor processes signals efficiently to minimize energy consumption during analysis.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables immediate user notification of electric fence faults via wireless communication, allowing for rapid response and preventing livestock escape, enhancing the reliability and efficiency of fault detection and response.
Implementation Method 1
a transceiver in wireless communication with a personal electronic device. Moreover, the transceiver broadcasts an alert signal to the personal electronic device
Data Source
AI summary
An electric fence alert assembly includes a control box that is mountable to a fence post of an electric fence. The control box is place in electrical communication with a power supply of the electric fence, a respective one of a ground rod of the electric fence and a fence wire of the electric fence. A signal analyzer is positioned within the control box and the signal analyzer is in electrical communication with the electric fence. A transceiver is positioned within the control box and the transceiver is in wireless communication with a personal electronic device. Moreover, the transceiver broadcasts an alert signal to the personal electronic device when the signal analyzer determines that a fault has occurred in the electric fence to alert a user that the fault has occurred.